In The Lilac Bus, Binchy masterfully and poignantly interweaves the lives and fates of eight very different individuals who travel from Dublin to the little country town of Rathdoon every Friday night in a lilac-colored minibus.

Gr. 6-8. In her adult title Harem: The World behind the Veil (1989), Croutier explored the Grand Harem in Istanbul's Tokapi Palace, and she returns to this evocative setting in her first novel for young people. To support her impoverished family, 12-year-old Leyla sells herself to Ottoman marriage brokers passing through her native Caucasus Mo...

Baby boomer travel? Right here! Want to travel for the first time, or the first time in a while? Is solo travel as scary as it seems at first?Women on the Road: the essential guide for baby-boomer travel is the answer to all your questions on overseas travel: from planning to packing, and budgeting to bargaining, it's all here. Written by jour...